Chinese customs officials in Beijing confiscated about 650 pelts that were being smuggled from Greece to China. The bags were labeled as "fur scraps" but when officials inspected the bags they noticed that they contained full wolf pelts.

The slogan "fur is green" is a barrier to building fruitful dialog on the issue of honesty on climate change impact and on the issue of fur farming, There is no question that the fur industry relative to its size leaves a very large carbon footprint